Models

From one of cinema’s most notorious and acclaimed documentarians — Ulrich Seidl (Dog Days, Jesus, You Know, Animal Love) — Models is a revealing and devastating portrait of a trio of aspiring real-life Viennese models. Vivian will stop at nothing to be a magazine cover girl. Lisa fills her time with routine plastic surgery and cocaine binges, while innocent Tanja focuses on the mystical through tarot cards, yoga, and raw animal energy. Using long, meticulously composed voyeuristic shots, Seidl delves completely into the private spaces of the models, their sexual relationships and personal habits, exploring how sex and career intertwine. –Kimstim